How To Cook Long Grain Wild Rice
Step 1 in a medium saucepan with a tight fitting lid combine rice 2 cups water and 1 2 teaspoon salt and bring to a boil.
How to cook long grain wild rice. Cook the wild rice. It may need an additional 10 to 15 minutes keep checking the rice and stop cooking when the grains are tender. Remove from heat and wait 10 minutes before fluffing with a fork.
Use long grain white rice to decrease cook time to about 35 40 minutes. Wild rice takes quite awhile to cook. Add rice mix cover and simmer for 50 minutes.
Cook at a simmer for 45 minutes. Long grain rice usually takes about 20 minutes to cook without previous soaking but you can check earlier if you re worried about overcooking. Simmer for 15 20 minutes 6 10 for soaked rice.
Stir once cover and reduce heat to low. Method bring water to boil in a medium saucepan. It should be chewy and some of the grains will have burst open.
Add rice mix cover the pan reduce heat and simmer for 50 minutes. Remove pan from heat add butter cover and let sit for 5 minutes before fluffing with a fork. Cooking long grain rice using absorption method in absorption method the quantity of water used to cook rice is measured.
If the grains are falling apart into mush the rice is overcooked. By the time the rice gets cooked the entire water is absorbed.